Crib



Oct. 30, 1928.

D. M. KENNEDY, El AL Filed July 28, 1925 NVENTQR t /lez'r ATT PatentedOct. 30,1928.

UNITED STATES esa-m2 PATENT; -orr-rc1-:.

DEWEY M. KENNEDY Ann BENJAMIN n. xEnNE'nmoE EocnEsTEE, NEW'YORK, AsSIGNORS 'ro KENNEDY-McCANDLESS con'ronnrronyor RocHEs'rER; NEW your;

A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

Application filed July as, 1925. Serial No. 4am.

The present invention relates'to improvements in cribs, and-has for itsobject to pro vide a crib having a top with improved means forfacilitating its movement to and from a closing positionupon the crib,

Aiiuither object of the invention is to provide means for 'pivotallysupporting a top upon acribforza swinging movement back and forthbetween a position overlying the crib and an; upright-position at oneside thereof in such a manner as to avoid a skewing a-ction' and aconsequent lbindin action of the top upon any part of the cri bodywhenmoving from one position to another, regardless of the point atwhich the top is grasped by the operator. Another object. of theinvention is to provide a movable topfor a cribwith asimp'le andeconomical form of pivotal connection I therefor, such as a-bail, theends of which-are pivotally connected withthetop andtheintermediatejportion extending the full length of the crib-and pivotally connectedwith one of its side walls in any suitable manner. Another object of theinvention is i to utilize certain parts of one ofthe side walls of acrib to cooperate with said connection in eil'ectinga reductionofthelnumberofparts necessary to fcompletejthesame- T these and other;end-s the invention resides in 1 certain improvements and eombinationsof parts all as will-be hereinafter more fully described; the novelfeatures being pointed out intheclaimsatthe end- .of the specificatiornc the drawi gs} Figure 1 is a side elevation of a crib embodying theinvention;

Figure 2 is-a-nend: elevation of the same with the topshown moved to avertical posi-' tion at one side 01 the crib;

Figure 3 s a slmi lar view with thetop shown in closing position;

F igure t isiadeta-il view of; a member forming a' pivotalconnectionbetween the crib and the top; w y W V Figure 5 isian enlargedfragmentary elevationtaken on line 5 5 of Figure 1-;

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the upright side-framemembers showing the manner ofnotch-ing'or grooving the same forthe reception of thepivotal connection shown in Figure 14,-and V Figure7 is a view of a modified form of connectionin which'the bail shown inFigure 4 is divided into one of which I is shown. v t e Similarreference numerals throughoutthe" several views indicate the same parts]i ,r Thepresentinventionrelates to cribs of the type adapted to beclosed or covered the better protection ofthe occupant and in providinga top for thispurposeit is imseparate parts, "only portant that itsoperation or movement from. I

one position to another tobemadeas sim ale and as easyas possible andthat it'be as from any binding action or tendency to or spring out ofnormal position by reason of its being operated from one endonly whenadyustedtoits diiferentp'ositions. Inthe present embodiment of theinvention, we provide a crib body which may-be of any desired typepreferablyconstructed' asindicated in the drawings and embody: ingtheside Walls 10 and 11, the end walls I Q a-nd a top' or closure 13,together with the wheels and a suitable bottom not shown. The side wallsare preferably of the screened frame type but. may be otherwiseconstructed as desi red, n or one or more ofith'e walls may include thescreening while the others may be of solid or. non-screenedconstruction, The side wall 11 preferably comprisestop and bottom railsorframe members 15 and 16, together with the end- I and intermediate:uprightframe members 1-7 and-18. respectively, all suitably connectedto,form frame units for the reception of the 'screening 19 which may be ofany approved kind, such as wire mesh or the like. Thescreening issecured upon" the side frames and end frames aswell, preferably bysuitable cleats or strips 20 which are connected to the frame lat -thedesired points by screwsor nails 21: as indicated in-Figure The topmaybe of any desired construction" preferably including screeningsimilar to that shown at the sides of the crib. Y

The pivotal connection between the top and the body of the-cribpreferably cemprises a single member extending fromone end ofthe crib tothe; other in the form of a bail, made by'providi'nga rod 22 witlr rightangle portions-23- and forming eyes or loops 24Tthereon for thereception of the screws 25 forming-means for pivotally connectingthe'bail with the to 1 3- at; points intermediate its longitudinal edgesas shown in Figure, 3. The longitudinal] portion of the bail is extendedp-arallelwiththe sides of the crib and'maybe' pivotally connected withone of the sides by any desired form of pivotal connection, that shownin the drawing including the notched bearings or grooves 27. formed inthe upright frame members 17 economy is'effected by employing thescreens and the securing cleats therefor to'maintain the rod within thegrooves or notches as indicated in Figure 5.: although it will beunderstood that theinvention is not limited to this or any particularmethod of'pivotally connecting-the rod with'the side wall of the crib.One feature'of the invention is the mountingof the longitudinallyextending portion of the rod so as to have a bearing throughout its.length upon the screen, or

otherside wall surface whereby it is held in the desired position andagainst undue flexing during the movement of the top from oneposition'of'adjustment to another. In

. moving the top from ithe closing'position shown in FigureiB to theopen position shown inlFigure 2 it may be grasped by the operator ateither end or at any polnt desired and bodily pushed outwardly and atthe same time swung downwardly to the position shown in Figure 2, duringwhich time 'the angularly disposed portions 23 of the rod swing upon thepivots 25 while the rod is swinging about the aids of its bearings inthe frame. The particular advantage of making a continuous; pivotalsupport for the top and extending it along the side wall of the cribfrom one end to the other thereof,

as, distinguished from separate pivotal con-- nections-at each endofthecrib, is to avoid a binding action between the top and the crib body. Ithas been found that withthe' use of such separate connections,terminating at the ends of the crib that a skewing action of the top,occurs when operating it "from one end only. In our" improvedconstruction this'objection is entirely avoided because the liftingforceapplied at or near one end of the top is transferred by the rodthroughto the opposite end, thus causing even distribution of theoperating forces, regardless of the point atwhich theto'p may be graspedby theoperator when shifting it from one position to another. Thisarrangement affords a decidedadvantage in avoiding a skewing action ofthe top anda consequent binding action between the angular portions 28of the rod and the'crib body when adjusting the top upon the latter. 7

In order to securely hold the top in an upright position at the side ofthe crib a latch 27 on the top as shown in Figure 26 is providedwhichi's pivoted upon the side wall 11 and adapted to engagea studInFigure 7 we have shown a slight modification of thepivotal connectionfor the top, indicated at 28, wherein the-rod' or bail' is cut at thecenter to form separate end portions, each of which may be independentlyinserted in the notches of the side frame members 17 and 18, with theirends abutting or spaced slightly apart as desired, or with said endsdisposed in separate notches cut in the frame member '18 if preferred.This arrangement is'also adapted to prevent skewing of the top andfacilitates its application to the crib body by the'readiness'with whichthe separate sections of the rod may be inserted and removed whendesired. v

WVe claim as our invention: I 1. In combination, a crib body, a toptherefor, and a member, extendingsubstantially the length of the'bodyalong one of its side walls and pivotally secured in notches formedtherein and having angularly disposed ends connected with the top, saidmember permitting the top to move bodily from a position overlying thecrib outwardly and downwardly to a'verti'cal' position at the sidethereof. Y 7

2. 'A crib body having sidewalls each of which comprises end framemembers and an intermediate frame member spaced from the end framemembers, a top overlying the upperedges of said side walls, and'a rodextending the full length of'the body below the top thereof andpivotally secured to all of said frame members, thereby affording narrowbearings for the rod at'the ends of theside walls and'at pointsintermediate said ends to hold the rod rigidly, said rod' being providedwith angularly disposed exteriorly arranged end portions projectingexteriorly of the end walls ofthe crib and pivotally connected with saidtop at oppositev ends thereof permitting it to move from a positionoverlying the crib outwardly and downwardly to a vertical position atone side thereof.

3. crib body having a top, one side of the crib including a frameandlscreening thereon with cleats for securingthe screening to saidframe, and a rod extending substantially the length, of the body andpivotally disposed upon one of its, sides between said frame and saidcleats and having'end portions connected with said top and permittingitto movefrom a position overlying the crib outwardly and downwardly atthe side thereof. 5 I

4:. -A crib body having atop, one sidewall of the crib including anotched frame and screening thereon with cleats spanning the notch forsecuring the screening to the frame, and means at each end of the cribhaving a portion pivotally connected-with the top intermediate itslongitudinal edges and provided with an angular portion ex-' tendinglongitudinally of the crib and pivotally disposed in the notches of saidside wall and held'therein by the cleats to permit the top to move froma position overlying the crib outwardly and downwardly to a verticalposition at the side thereof.

5. A crib body including side walls and a cover overlying the upperedges of said, side walls, one of the aforesaid elements com-' prisingend frame members and an intermediate frame member spaced from the endframe members, a rod extending the full length thereof and pivotallysecured to of the end wallsyofthe crib and pivotally connected with saidother element at opposite ends thereof, permittinr the cover to movefrom a position overlying the crib outwardly and downwardly to avertical position one side thereof.

DEWEY M. KENNEDY.

BENJAMIN-H. KENNEDY.

